Black Girl Dragging White Girl

1992

Kim Dingle

Associated Names
Kim Dingle

Painter, American, born 1951

This painting shows two children, one carrying the other. The child in the front appears to be unconscious, her eyes closed and her head hanging downward, with her arms and legs spread out to either side. This child has pale skin and short, shaggy brown hair with bangs. The other child stands behind her, carrying her, with her arms under the unconscious girl's shoulders. This child has brown skin and short, dark hair styled in two braids or pigtails. She wears white socks with black shoes. Both children wear white dresses, but the unconscious child's dress appears to be floating upward, exposing her stomach and white shorts or undergarments. The background is a solid light brown color with visible brushstrokes. Some gray lines surround the standing child, similar to shadows.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles); purchased 1993 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • New Work, Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, 1992.

1993

  • Forty-Third Biennial Exhibition of Comtemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 30 October 1993 - 2 January 1994.

1998

  • The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q46641272

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